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Grey-headed Gull

Year No. of pairs
1951 a √
1952 a √
1953 a √
1955 a √
1958 a √
1959 a 100
1960 a √ A view of Grey-headed Gulls and Caspian Terns nesting at
1961 b √ Lane Island, September 2013. Disused nests of White-breasted
Cormorant and African Spoonbill can also be seen (photo C Fox)
1962 a √
1964 a √ 1959 f 150
1967 a √ 1960 f √
1968 d 100 1963 f √
1969 a √ 1967 f √
1970 a √ 1969 f √
1971 a √ 1970 f √
1972 a 750 1978 c √
1974 a √ 1981 c 10
1975 b √ 1991 0
1976 a √ 1992 c 175
1977 a √ 1993 c √
1979 d 200 1994 32
1980 d 250 1995 30
1981 d √ 1996 210
1984 d 500 1997 c 75
1987 d 400 1999 c 116
1988 d 280 2000 c 250
1991 √ 2002 c 60
1992 1500 2003 c 60
1993 √ 2013 e 200
1994 200 2020 ?
1995 √
a Berruti (1980)
1996 √ b Bowker and Downs (2008a)
1997 c 105 c Bowker and Downs (2012)
1999 √ d Brooke et al. (1999)
e Nanni et al. (2013)
2000 c 557 f Cooper et al. (1992)
2001 c 200 Other records EKZN Wildlife (unpub. info.)
2002 c 90
2003 c 142 Lone Tree Point
Coordinates: 28.02 S; 32.50 E
2005 c 129 Description: A small marshy peninsula that extends from
2013 e 400 the Eastern Shores towards Lane Island and has a slightly
2020 ? elevated tip. Growing on this point is a small patch of trees
known as Lone Tree Point.
Species and numbers breeding:
Caspian Tern White-breasted Cormorant

Year No. of pairs Year No. of pairs
1948 f 110 1960 √
1949 f 331 Berruti (1980)

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